Establishes reusable apparatus for asking: given scenario text X,
what structured initial decomposition does current production path produce?
- Direct curl/Postman via existing /api/cases/start route (no new API)
- Thin CJS helper at scripts/start-case-experiment-helper.cjs for Claude
experiments (imports startCase directly, zero code duplication)
- Zero-live-call verification: all four seam checks confirmed by existing
tests (cases-start-route.test.js, start-case-summary.test.js)
- No browser state, no persistence mutation, no Investigation ID required
by the route itself
Files:
+ scripts/start-case-experiment-helper.cjs (new helper script)
M docs/current-handoff.md (§v0.61 apparatus documentation)
Replace Portfolio's static "+ Create new investigation" link (href:
/investigations/case-1) with a <button> that allocates an opaque
application-owned durable ID via crypto.randomUUID() and navigates
via router.push to /investigations/{id} without persisting any empty
Investigation.
INVESTIGATION_ID constant retained only for card links (Continue
investigation / View report) — not migrated in this increment.
Test: deterministic Create New activation test verifies UUID allocation,
navigation to generated ID route, and zero saveInvestigation calls.
Migrate the Investigation page route to own durable investigation identity
via its route [id] segment, passing that ID through to ScenarioForm for
hydration and persistence.
- Remove hardcoded INVESTIGATION_ID constant from page.jsx
- Use params.id as routeId; loadInvestigation(routeId) loads by identity
- Pass investigationId prop into ScenarioForm in both branch paths
- Session restore calls loadInvestigation(investigationId)
- All 4 save call sites include id: investigationId in snapshot
- Missing identified Investigation starts clean (no singleton fallback)
- Legacy singleton is not migrated/fallback-loaded
- Portfolio remains unmigrated; Report remains unmigrated; Restart untouched
Deterministic tests: 34/34 pass (scenario-form-persistence + investigation-storage)
Build: PASS
Live Playwright: all criteria verified at /investigations/v060e-live
Replace bare re-export in investigation-storage.js with explicit wrapper
functions that own the canonical identity contract: snapshot.id is the sole
save identity authority. The provider never allocates or changes IDs.
7 new deterministic tests prove: identified snapshots persist under their
own id key, explicit competing id arguments are ignored, A/B remain
independently addressable, unknown IDs return null, and legacy singleton
compatibility is preserved for unmigrated callers.
No application callers modified. UI/routes not migrated.
- loadInvestigation(id) selects by durable ID when provided, null for unknown
- saveInvestigation(snapshot, id) persists under provider-chosen key derived from id
- clearInvestigation(id) removes specific investigation by identity when provided
- localStorage representation: confidence-engine-investigation:<durable-id>
- Backward-compatible singleton path preserved for existing unmigrated callers
- 6 new targeted tests proving two independently addressable Investigations
Replace flex-row View report + status with flex-col stack so the
freshness label sits below the button and no longer floats between
actions on the Portfolio.
v0.59b — Report page freshness UI:
- Shows Current / Update available beside the generated report
- Manual Update report action with duplicate prevention guard
- Explanation copy about investigation changes since generation
- Persists generatedFromRevision during update flow
v0.59c — Portfolio Report freshness state:
- Surfaces Current / Update available alongside existing View report link
- Derives solely from revision provenance (zero model calls)
- No Update report action on Portfolio (manual update owned by Report page)
- Neither state shown when no Report exists
- Updated makeSnapshot with investigationRevision for realistic test data
Semantic revision tracking ensures every meaningful persisted
Investigation change advances investigationRevision exactly once,
while Report generation records (but does not advance) the current
revision as generatedFromRevision for provenance integrity.
Corrections:
- updateFindingDisposition: add setInvestigationRevision(+1) for
semantic transitions (eligible→not_relevant, restore)
- updateFindingProposition: add no-op guard + setInvestigationRevision(+1)
- onRestart/ContinueLaterBanner/reset button: add setInvestigationRevision(0)
- onSituationGraphChange (Re-open seam): already had revision +1 in dirty impl
Established behaviour preserved:
- Re-open via reopenResolvedUnknown → onSituationGraphChange → revision +1
- Empty Done via handleDoneForNowPromotion → revision +1
- Report generation records generatedFromRevision, advances by 0
- Autosave passes revision but does not increment it
- clearInvestigation() ownership intact
Tests: targeted Vitest suite (17 tests) covering all provenance boundaries.
Durable rule documented in current-handoff.md §v0.59a.
- Empty Done immediate transition now sets node.status to resolved
alongside resolvedNodeIds/doneForNowIds — same canonical parked
shape as populated Done (no server call required)
- Clarified-question Re-open removes target from doneForNowIds so
the question visibly returns to Open Questions
- Immediate graph mutation creates new node objects immutably
(React state semantics), touching only the target node
- FocusedQuestionBody derives thread-local contribution subset using
targetNodeId || originatingTargetNodeId matching
- hasCompletedContext, latest completed contrib, and all effective
presentation fallbacks use scoped collection only
- scenario-wide focusedContributions history preserved in memory
- Fresh Question B no longer bleeds Question A's content across
every presentation surface (Previously answered, What this tells us,
Still unclear, Questions this raises, Assumptions, Connections)
- Reopening or revisiting Question A still uses its own history
- Targeted regression: 3 new Vitest cases pass
- Handoff docs updated with v0.52 correction record
Move the milestone invitation from after Clarified Questions to occupy
the same spatial position as Open Questions — between Current Understanding
and Questions we have clarified. Uses ternary: openUnknowns > 0 ? OpenQuestionsUI : milestoneAllowed ? MilestoneInvitation : null, followed by ClarifiedQuestionsUI unconditionally. No duplication of clarified cards or Re-open controls.
Adopt executeEpisodeDone orchestration as the canonical path for
'Done for now' activity boundary: one user Done triggers exactly
prepareCompletedEpisode -> reconsiderCompletedEpisode -> applyValidatedProposal
-> Current Understanding synthesis -> leave focused workspace.
Production changes (components/scenario-form.jsx):
- Add prepareCompletedEpisode, reconsiderCompletedEpisode, applyValidatedProposal imports
- Export executeEpisodeDone({params}) with all 4 domain functions as named
parameters (defaults to module exports) for deterministic test wiring
- Rewrite handleDoneForNowPromotion(targetNodeId) as async: delegates to
executeEpisodeDone pipeline; CU synthesis installed only on success
- Add doneInProgressRef useRef(false) for exactly-once Done enforcement
- On synthesis failure: KEEP updated graph, KEEP Findings, KEEP existing CU
- Retire produceFindingInformedSummary from ScenarioForm (legacy CU writer)
- Remove legacy idempotence guard and Evidence:[] regex dedup
Test changes (tests/ui/scenario-form-episode-done.test.jsx):
- 9 tests verifying orchestration pipeline correctness:
1. Successful path order: prepare -> reconsider -> apply -> synthesis
2. Correct prepared episode input parameters
3. Structured application evidence (no answer fields in context)
4. nextGraph used for synthesis (not stale result state)
5. Reasoning failure: apply not called, CU synthesis not called
6. Application failure: CU synthesis not called, graph not replaced
7. Synthesis failure: nextGraph remains installed (no rollback)
8. Exactly-once per call for each domain function
9. Legacy Done writer retired (pipeline does not produce deterministic summary)
Architecture: after successful /api/cases/update, derive explicit nextGraph +
nextFindings, call synthesizeFromFindings exactly once, replace Current
Understanding with reconstruction result.
Key invariants:
- outcome.summary retired as final CU authority → always synthesis reconstruction
- Explicit derived state (no React-state reread) for graph and findings
- Previous CU preserved on synthesis failure (no fallback to outcome.summary)
- Graph and Findings NOT lost on synthesis failure
- saveInvestigation persistence uses currentUnderstanding, not outcome.summary
Deterministic regression: 7 tests (Cases A-E + 2 edges) covering all rules.
Files: components/scenario-form.jsx, tests/ui/scenario-form-case-update-synthesis.test.jsx
Repair LOCATION-A defect where processing feedback rendered near the
completed narrative instead of inside the active follow-up block.
Changes:
- components/reasoning-workspace.jsx: three targeted edits using a single
spinner component with conditional rendering; hasActiveFollowUp routes
ownership to the correct container
- tests/open-questions-vs-assumptions.test.jsx: regression test confirming
exactly one indicator, DOM child of follow-up-block, ownership separation
Accepted criteria met:
✅ Exactly one processing indicator during follow-up processing
✅ Indicator is a DOM child of follow-up-block
✅ Top-level indicator suppressed when follow-up active
✅ Initial answer flow preserved (top-level when no follow-up)
✅ Successful follow-up promotion intact
✅ All existing context retained
✅ No new state/lifecycle changes/error redesign
Two presentation fixes (no reasoning-engine changes):
A. Follow-up answer continuity — selectFollowUpQuestion clears focused.answer,
which previously caused the completed-narrative framing ('Previously answered'
and 'Your response') to disappear mid-investigation. The guard now treats
a non-null result as sufficient evidence of a completed-context state, so the
user's verbatim answer and derived findings remain visible while a follow-up is
being formulated.
B. Prior-contributions chronology — display order in 'Previous learning' panels
has been reversed at the presentation boundary (newest → oldest). This means
users see the most recently learned evidence first, without modifying data-order
anywhere else. Applies to both PriorContributionsSummary and
SecondaryPreviousLearning.
When a reopened completed turn is displayed, distinguish it from an active question:
- 'PREVIOUSLY ANSWERED' + 'YOUR RESPONSE' headings for completed turns (hasAnswer=true)
- Bare 'QUESTION' heading preserved for active follow-ups (answer=null)
- Verbatim user answer rendered under its own heading — never conflated with Engine-derived findings
- Causal narrative: Question → Your response → What this tells us
Gate results:
- 102 tests passed (78 existing + 24 new v0.49 provenance narrative tests)
- Clean production build
- Live verification on localhost:3000 confirmed correct rendering
ThreadContributionsBadge, PriorContributionsSummary, and
SecondaryPreviousLearning all filtered contributions via
c.targetNodeId === nodeId. Multi-turn follow-up Contributions carry a
different immediate targetNodeId while the canonical origin remains on
Findings (originatingTargetNodeId).
Repaired: all contribution filters now match on EITHER
c.targetNodeId === nodeId || c.originatingTargetNodeId === nodeId.
handleDeconstructSubmit carries originatingTargetNodeId from
focusedPresentationItemId as provenance for cold-return recovery.
- Document live Playwright verification of amber INVESTIGATING indicator
on Open Questions cards with matching contribution targetNodeId
- Document 11 new deterministic tests in focused-investigation-history describe block
- Confirm UNCLEAR and INVESTIGATING coexist independently (epistemic vs activity)
- Note that cue only renders inside OpenQuestionsPanel, not initial reflection surface
- ThreadContributionsBadge (rendered per-node on OpenQuestionsPanel
cards and Done-for-now cards) now shows an amber INVESTIGATING
indicator when the node has matching contributions via targetNodeId
identity match.
- UNCLEAR and INVESTIGATING cues coexist independently on the same
card — UNCLEAR is epistemic state, INVESTIGATING is activity cue.
- Deterministic test suite added: focused-investigation-history (11
tests) covering identity matching, zero-contrib edge cases,
multiple-contrib coalescing, done-for-now retention, and uncoupling
from UNCLEAR state.
- All 57 tests pass.
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